Legend Bank Event and the Texas Legends

Legend Bank Event

I had a corporate event at the Lone Oak Ranch this past weekend. They had a team building, interractive drumming segment lead by a company called Drum Cafe. Everyone is supposed to learn to work in harmony. Everyone is given a drum. In this room, it was quite live and loud. Everyone seemed to love it.

The decorating theme was Saffari and everyone got a mini drum.

After dinner there were a few events, one event was caricature drawings and they had two guys. This is Benjamin Vincent. He did such an amazing job! Here is his blog: http://www.benvincent.com. Everyone just loved it and waited in line to get their picture done. This would be a fun thing to do at any event.

This guy used to work for Hana Barbara. He did an amazing job as well!

The had casino games with fake money. I've never gambled and I have no idea how to play any of these games, but it was interesting to watch.

Texas Legends Basketball Game

Frisco has a lot of fun things to do. One thing we have not done yet until last night was go to a Texas Legends game. Since they are in Frisco, this was a nice local thing to do on a weeknight. The Texas Legends are a D League team associated with the Dallas Maverick professional basketball team. I think this might be better since it gives you more of a small town feel and wasn't overcrowded. My husband is not the biggest sports fan and he really liked it. I received free tickets and we got to go to the club house and get free food and watch some interviews with some famous people who we don't know.

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This is Nancy Liberman who was the first female head coach to lead an NBA of NBA D-League team in 2010. She played in the WNBA. The guy to the left of her is corporate in the NBA and the guy to the left of him is is Del Harris, who was a head basketball coach of the Lakers and some other teams.  Like I said famous people that I don't know. They were supporting the Texas Legends team and also advertising a sports trailer that hold AV equipment used for broadcasting this game.

The dancers

The noisemakers

It was a really fun time...even though they lost. :)



County Chic January Wedding

I was a wedding coordinator for a Country Chic wedding recently. I wanted to share some rehearsal dinner decor as well as some of the wedding decor and entertainment aspects of the wedding. This was a really fun wedding. There was a lot of participation and they had a blast! The food was catered by Rudys! Yum!!

Rehearsal Dinner

This is an adorable s'more tree which makes a nice centerpiece for the rehearsal dinner.

 

This is a s'more favor that was on the table in a neat package. Very cute!



Wedding

The wedding took place in the Lone Oak Chapel.

Chapel window decor

Candleabra from the chapel. It's missing a few candles, but they were there before the wedding.

Reception

An advice box. Gel pens were available for writing notes on black paper and placed in an advice box.

This is a family bible for the new couple. They wanted everyone to highlight their favorite verse and sign their name by the verse. Nice idea.

Welcome tree. People wrote their names on a magnet and placed it on a tree.

Simple table decor for the reception

Cute cake stand

Bridal cake. This cake tasted really good!

Groom's cake...with a camera on top.

Head table decor

Give away corks

 

First Dance!

Lots of dancing going on

Garter toss

Boquet toss

The happy couple...Kelsey and Taylor!!

 

Christmas Wedding and Lights at Deerfield in Plano

On December 22, I coordinated a wedding at Denton Bible Church. It was a low key wedding, nothing fancy, but it was very meaningful. I enjoyed all the personal touches in the ceremony. The officiate, Brian Leicht, did a great job and was very personal. The couple met on e-Harmony and were married about a year later. They were older and wanted to keep the wedding simple. The chapel was already decorated for Christmas so they didn't have to do much in regards to decorating the chapel.

We had to start the wedding almost 10 minutes late due to the mother of the groom being a little late. Traffic is bad around this time of year and there happened to be a an accident that caused the traffic to back up. I certainly didn't want to start the wedding without her and we were so glad that she made it. These are things that you can not plan for and have to make decisions at the last minute. I always check with the bride and groom about any changes that need to take place. This caused a little stress, but great relief when she showed up. It all worked out great. It was a very special and meaningful wedding.

The cake was pretty. These are real flowers on the cake.

One thing that was unique was that when the couple left, they were given ribbons with bells attached. The guests jingled the bells as the couple left. I thought that was an appropriate way to leave a Christmas wedding.

 

New Years Eve Christmas Lights

Yes, we finally got around to seeing the Deerfield Christmas lights on New Years Eve. Deerfield is a community in Plano, TX, which is a city just south of where we live. The Deerfield community has been doing a light display for more than 20 years. This is the first time we went. This is one of the premier communities for viewing Chrismas lights. They also have a contest and I have taken some pictures of some of the winners. It was amazing!

This house won for most traditional. I liked the nutcrackers at the door.

This house was pretty. It's hard to see, but there is a large Santa on the balcony.

This house won the funniest award. It was cute.

 These pictures don't do these houses justice, but it was pretty.

An elaborate manger scence. It was incredible.

This was another unique manger scene.

It's nice to see so many celebrating the true meaning of Christmas.

And then there were several with dalmations.

This was one of my favorites. Very unique.

Here is a close up of the house above with the balloon Christmas figures in the window. It reminded me that you can do so much with balloons at events. At my own wedding we had adorable bride and groom balloon figures on our gift table. From what I hear Helium is hard to come by these days, but these balloons do not require it. Very cute!

This house won 3rd place. I didn't get a good picture, but the deer were really great.

and what says Christmas more than Santa on a motorcycle? :-)

Winner of the 1st place award. This was quite elaborate.

Here is another view of the 1st place winner.

This was a fun way of spending New Years. We have been so busy this year, it was nice to spend time together.

This weekend is another wedding at the ranch that I am coordinating so I hope to have some good pictures of this wedding as well.